Marc Grossman papers, 1969-1981, (bulk 1979-1980).

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Marc Grossman papers, 1969-1981, (bulk 1979-1980).

Correspondence, clippings, notes, memoranda, telephone messages, reports, and other materials relating to Marc Grossman's activities as a boycott organizer, legal investigator, legislative representative, press secretary and administrative assistant for the United Farm Workers of America. Includes matrial relating to: Cesar Chavez, Jack Anderson, and H.L. Mitchell. Important subjects include: Migrant agricultural workers, Laws and legislation in California, Strikes and lockouts, and boycotts.

9 linear ft. (18 boxes)

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United farm workers

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Collected by Fr. Victor Salandini. From the description of Clippings from first convention, 1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019377 The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) was founded in 1962 by César E. Chávez and other Mexican-American community activists in Delano, California. In 1966, the NFWA merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to form the United Farm Workers of America, the first successful and largest effort ever to organize ag...

Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993

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Cesar Chavez (b. March 31, 1927, Yuma, AZ – d. April 23, 1993, San Luis, AZ) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers union, UFW) in 1962. Originally a Mexican American farm worker, Chavez became the best known Latino American civil rights activist, and was strongly promoted by the American labor movement, which was eager to enroll Hispanic members. His public-relations approac...

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Grossman, Marc Richard, 1949-

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Press secretary and administrative assistant to Cesar Chavez. From the description of Marc Grossman papers, 1969-1981, (bulk 1979-1980). (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321031 ...

Mitchell, H. L. (Harry Leland), 1906-1989

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Union official. From the description of Reminiscences of H.L. Mitchell : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734831 ...

Anderson, Jack, 1922-2005

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Jack Northman Anderson was an investigative journalist, author, television personality, and for over 50 years the columnist behind the syndicated column ⁰́₋Washington Merry-Go-Round.⁰́₊ He was born in Long Beach, CA in 1922, to Orlando and Agnes Mortensen Anderson, devout Mormons who moved the family to Utah when Jack was two years old. (Many sources, including the New York Times obituary, identify him as Jackson Northman Anderson, but this is incorrect; his given name was Jack.) He briefly enro...

United Farm Workers of America. Office of the President

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